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Weather conditions on the island having deteriorated in recent weeks, the decision was made to move inside, so Sunday marked the official start of the Onchan Indoor season. As is traditional, the Club opened with a Portsmouth round, which uses the largest of the target faces to allow the archers to transition to their indoor … Continue reading Club Report 29th September 2024

With the summer, such as it was, crashing to a halt, Sunday’s Long Haul Trophy may well have been the last Outdoor shoot of the season. The Long Haul is one of the Club’s special rounds, devised by the late Nev Mason to test the archer’s skill in its purest form, with the bow stripped … Continue reading Club Report 22nd September 2024

The weather was again unkind at the weekend with the morning session called off in advance and an assembly time of 1:30pm called instead. Conditions were soggy underfoot and but shooting got underway at 2:00 with the small number of attendees all shooting a Short Metric (50/30m) round. The Gents Recurve division provided the only … Continue reading Club Report 15th September 2024

After two halcyon days of summer the weather naturally took a turn for the worse when it came time for shooting. Sunday dawned bleak and cold as the island was battered by high winds, but while the boats were cancelled, a handful of archers turned up at Greeba because at least it wasn’t raining. The … Continue reading Club Report 8th September 2024

There was action both on and off the island at the weekend, with Erin Hainge travelling across to the Cheshire Junior Championships, while the Club held the Roger Brown Memorial Trophy shoot on home soil. Erin did not enjoy good weather in Cheshire, but a little rain in the afternoon was not enough to put … Continue reading Club Report 1st September 2024

With shooting brought to a temporary halt by the Manx GP, which was itself derailed by the weather, all the action happened off island at the weekend. A group of intrepid archers braved the high seas, and the vagaries of the Steam Packet, to travel across to Greenlane Archery Club near Ashington on Tyneside to … Continue reading Club Report 24/25th August 2024

The annual Windsor Trophy took place in somewhat inclement weather on Sunday. Conditions were soggy underfoot, the air heavy and damp with a threat of rain. However, after a quick review of all the weather apps, it was given the go ahead. As it was, the small number of archers who turned up got away … Continue reading Club Report 4th August 2024

There was lots more action both on and off the island for the Clubs archers at the weekend and beyond. Erin Hainge made her debut at the Youth Festival across the water at Lilleshall, while the rest tackled a WA1440 at Greeba. The 5 day Youth festival, held at Archery GB’s headquarters, represented the biggest … Continue reading Club Report 28th July 2024

Isle of Man archers were in action both on and off the island at the weekend with Rhys and David Moore travelling to Penrith and Charlotte George competing at Barnsley in round 2 of the National Tour. At home, Greeba played host to the annual York/Hereford/National Trophy shoot. Meeting up with son/brother Ethan, who is … Continue reading Club Report 21st July 2024

It was the last chance to get a full day’s shooting in over yard distances ahead of the annual York /Hereford Trophy to be shot on the 21st of the month and the archers took full advantage of the decent weather to lay down some scores. In the Ladies Recurve division, Charlotte George was unexpectedly … Continue reading Club Report 14th July 2024